Platinum performing arts competition

The latest IP-connected and fully-featured Public Address and Voice Alarm System Praesensa and Electro-Voice (EV) portable loudspeakers of Bosch are solutions that connect all the dots and sets again new industry standards. Guru Mallikarjuna, managing director of Bosch Vietnam speaking at the event Bosch Building Technologies, the global leader of Security, Safety and Communication products, today cooperated with Platinum Partner AIC Trading JSC to demonstrate excellent communication systems during the Connected Communication Solutions event at the Daewoo Hanoi Hotel. Nearly 150 customers, dealers and professionals working in the audio industry were presented at the event to experience full sound portfolio from Bosch, Electro-Voice and Dynacord, and how they are interconnected with each other as well as with the security, safety and communications domains for comprehensive solutions. Becky Vo, country head in Vietnam, Cambodia, and Myanmar of Bosch Building Technologies, … [Read more...] about Bosch showcased state of the art audio products at the Connected Communication Solutions event

Charm seekers faint at chaotic Tran Temple fest
A not so charming scene occurred yesterday evening at the Tran Temple Festival held in the northern province of Nam Dinh when dozens fainted after jostling and elbowing one another to lay their hands on a lucky talisman being sold there.
Traditionally thought to bring good luck, the yellow charms are officially priced at VND20,000 (US$1) each but since many could not reach the sale points, the amulets were sold 10 times more expensive by scalpers.
Charms were in so high a demand that the festival’s management board sent more employees to sell them but still could not meet pilgrims’ needs.
Although the festival officially opened at 11:00 pm yesterday, nearby roads were flooded much earlier.
From 20:00 pm, police set up barriers to prevent tourists from elbowing one another to reach the amulets but this proved fruitless.
Some extremists shouted and climbed over the barriers.
The packed, frenzied atmosphere caused dozens to … [Read more...] about ART & ENTERTAINMENT 20/2

Old village gates ‘fossilized’ for art
Miniatures of Hanoi’s old village gates, suspended in blocks of resin, are on display at an exhibition Lang trong pho (Villages inside streets), at the French cultural center L’Espace.
The unique exhibits are the work of artist Vuong Van Thao. Apart from the gates, miniatures of hoes, spades, utility poles dating back to the French era (1858-1945), and the Turtle Tower (a city landmark in the middle of Sword Lake), have been encased in faux amber to create a fossilized look.
Thao, 42, said he photographed village gates across Hanoi, like those along Thuy Khe Street, cast their miniature replicas, and suspended them within resin. He then cracked the blocks to resemble fossils, and for visual effect.
This is Thao’s second public exhibition. In 2008, his exhibit of fossilized Hanoi’s old quarters was shortlisted in the top ten at the Asia Pacific Breweries Foundation Signature Art Prize in Singapore.
The … [Read more...] about ART & ENTERTAINMENT IN BRIEF 7/6

Concert Beethoven & Brahms
Sun 19 Oct 2014, 8 pm
HCMC Opera House
No. 7 Lam Son Square, D.1, HCMC
The German Music Council with its project “Conductors Forum” and the Deutsche Orchester-Stiftung delegate for the second time young musicians to a concert with the Ho Chi Minh City Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera (HBSO). On 19 October 2014 Alexander Merzy, scholarship holder of the Conductors Forum, conducts a concert with Beethoven’s Symphony No. 6 “Pastoral” and Johannes Brahms’ double concerto, performed by Hellen Weiß (violin) and by Gabriel Adriano Schwabe (violoncello).
With this project the Conductors Forumand the Deutsche Orchester-Stiftung give the young conductor and the soloists the opportunity to gain experiences abroad and to make important international contacts. The project is accompanied by the Consulat General of the Federal Republic of Germany and the Goethe-Institut in Ho Chi Minh City.
The nationwide support programme … [Read more...] about EVENTS SCHEDULED FOR OCTOBER 10-20 (daily updated)